Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Crazy, mad, insane: Describes a state of extreme mental derangement or irrationality. It emphasizes a loss of reason.
   • Furious, enraged, beside oneself with anger: Describes an intense, uncontrollable state of anger where one acts as if mentally unbalanced.

2. Verb (to act/behave):

   • To fly into a rage, to be enraged: To become extremely angry suddenly and violently.
   • To act crazy/mad: To behave in an utterly irrational or wild manner.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Anh ta trông thật điên khùng. (He looks completely crazy.)
  • Cô ấy tức giận đến mức điên khùng. (She was angry to the point of being enraged.)

• Verb (to act/behave):

  • Ông ấy điên khùng lên khi nghe tin. (He flew into a rage when he heard the news.)
  • Đừng có điên khùng ở đây! (Don't act crazy here!)

Advanced Usage

• The term "điên khùng" is stronger and more colloquial than just "điên" (crazy). It often carries a connotation of anger-fueled madness or frantic, uncontrollable behavior.
• It can be used as a predicate adjective following "trở nên" (to become) or "thật sự" (truly).
  • Sau cú sốc, anh ấy trở nên điên khùng. (After the shock, he became insane.)

Variants and Related Words

• Điên (adj): Crazy, mad, insane. A more general and common term.
• Điên cuồng (adj): Frenzied, frantic, wild (often describing intense action or emotion).
• Khùng (adj): Mad, nuts, crazy (southern Vietnamese colloquialism, often used alone).

Synonyms

• Insane, mad, crazy: For the state of mental derangement.
• Furious, enraged, infuriated, berserk: For the state of extreme anger.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nổi điên nổi khùng: To have a fit of rage, to go berserk.
  • Anh ấy nổi điên nổi khùng với kết quả. (He went berserk over the result.)
• Điên khùng mất rồi: (You've/I've/He's) gone completely mad.
  • Làm thế là điên khùng mất rồi! (Doing that is completely insane!)

1. Fly into a rage, be enraged